¹⁰ Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

³⁷ Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

³¹ What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

¹² He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

³⁰ There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord.

⁵ Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,

⁶ Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal:

⁷ Thus saith the Lord God, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.

¹¹ The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

³¹ And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Lord, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

¹⁰ The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

¹¹ The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

¹⁰ Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.